Class work - Read page 67-76

Questions

1. Who were the Minutemen?

 - They are the group of people form in most towns that can arm themselves for fighting in one minute. Ranged from age 16 to 60.

2. What happened at Lexington and Concord?

-Lexington: The first fight of British and colonists - Minutemen got wound and British continue marching

-Concord: British fights against a large group of minutemen and ends up defeated.

3. What happened at the Second Continental Congress?

-Colonial leader had a meeting in Philadelphia about formally declaring war against British. In the end, they decide to try solve the conflict peacefully while prepare for the war in the worse case.

4. Why was the Battle of Bunker Hill important to the colonists?

-It is a war that leads to the declaration of independence war.

5. Thomas Jefferson draft the Declaration of Independence, which emphasis liberty and personal right  in contrast of harsh British reign.

6 - Loyalists - They want to keep British reign by fight on the British side
   - Patriot - They want British reign to be abolished by declaring war.

7. The Battle of Saratoga shows French that it is possible for colonist to win in despite of disadvantages.

8. George Washington, Marquis de Lafayette, and Baron von Steuben

9. The Treaty of Paris officially ends the war between Colonists and British. British recognized the independence of colonists as the result of the Treaty of Paris.

Section Review

1. Colonists should set up their own government instead of living under British reign.

2. British ships were trapped on the land and French prevented them from being rescued. In consequence, British force surrounded.

3. Declaring war comes at a great cost and it is always the last choice among other means to resolve the conflict with British.

4. Lue